Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Yevtushenko is a high member of his country's establishment, and he lies terribly about the United States to his Russian readers.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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No man may make another free.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
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Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.
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I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.
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The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
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I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
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Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.
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I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can.
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I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.
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There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and success in life is a determinant of optimism.
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Yevtushenko is a high member of his country's establishment, and he lies terribly about the United States to his Russian readers.
